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Pete, do you think a Weatherby 460 Magnum would keep this on topic? My 1995 F-150 has the air intake under the forward edge of the hood.
Outside of the TurboHeader and the C&H Ignition I haven't seen anything that would enhance a Saito's performance. Some things are just so simple and straight forward that improvements are hard to come by.
Outside of the TurboHeader and the C&H Ignition I haven't seen anything that would enhance a Saito's performance. Some things are just so simple and straight forward that improvements are hard to come by.
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No sir Pete, I wuz a-funnin you a little. We used to get my Dad a new Stoeger Shooters Bible every year for Christmas. At one time I new it from cover to cover. Weatherby 460 muzzle velocity==2,600 fps, energy leaving muzzle==7,504 foot lbs. @ 500 grain slug.
A friend of mine said I was a walking encyclopedia of worthless knowledge.
What I know about Saitos seems be under debate. What do you think of my mount for an IronBay regulator on a Saito 2.20? John at IronBay wasn't sure that the regulator would flow enough fuel for the 2.20 but it did.
A friend of mine said I was a walking encyclopedia of worthless knowledge.
What I know about Saitos seems be under debate. What do you think of my mount for an IronBay regulator on a Saito 2.20? John at IronBay wasn't sure that the regulator would flow enough fuel for the 2.20 but it did.
I got one for you, I KNOW,I KNOW! It's not a Satio, But! Let's see how all you rocket sinaest (DON'T IF I SPELL'D THAT RIGHT) are. I got a tween and I have Air ducks and a baffel and one cylinder is running 100* hotter than the other, one is running 180-187* and the other is running 280-287, What you think? 32:1 oil! The cooler one in the rear? GO! LOL.....
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Pete, do you think a Weatherby 460 Magnum would keep this on topic? My 1995 F-150 has the air intake under the forward edge of the hood.
Outside of the TurboHeader and the C&H Ignition I haven't seen anything that would enhance a Saito's performance. Some things are just so simple and straight forward that improvements are hard to come by.
Outside of the TurboHeader and the C&H Ignition I haven't seen anything that would enhance a Saito's performance. Some things are just so simple and straight forward that improvements are hard to come by.
How ow many RADIAL Saitos have you worked with?
That is what I repeatedly cite. That Radials will be the type of engine mist likely to benefit from cold air induction rather than pulling hot air from inside the cowl.
I got one for you, I KNOW,I KNOW! It's not a Satio, But! Let's see how all you rocket sinaest (DON'T IF I SPELL'D THAT RIGHT) are. I got a tween and I have Air ducks and a baffel and one cylinder is running 100* hotter than the other, one is running 180-187* and the other is running 280-287, What you think? 32:1 oil! The cooler one in the rear? GO! LOL.....
They have some videos up on Youtube. The guy who fired the .600 Nitro Express was in for a shock. The video of the guys firing the monster guns like the .577 Tyrannosaur was almost comical with the pain it was producing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrImp-ek3bI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-scFZql5k
this was funny a pro hunter fell over shooting a .416 Rigby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvJXWqqwIpc
Of course it is totally off the wall but a company actually makes revolvers (handguns) that shoot the .600 Nitro Express too.
But carrying a 13.5 pound revolver on your hip is not going to work for very long. Of course it might be handy for thick brush where you might walk up on a bull elephant or a Cape Buffaloe in a bad mood, or maybe that T-Rex that just snuck up behind you.
http://www.guns.com/2012/02/17/the-p...nitro-express/
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Dan, I had a Saito .90 triple for several years, it wore a Keleo ring exhaust. It was on a BTE Flying King with the cowl cheeks cut off.
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Drawing from my past once again, hot and high (my experience here was with B727 and 737 a/c) was more of a problem than cold for power repeat power but we hated cold cause the engine (no matter what type) would stop if it got cold enough. That being said I have noticed on numerous occassions (in Cairns) the moisture forming on the intake tube of both single and twin Saitos. The engines thus tuned (a little rich, but not screaming lean) all performed ok. Methinks people are over thinking this. You are not in the competitive flying mode just sports type flyers. As my mate says when I get like this (over egging the issue) get out to the shed and do some building. That being said I agree with Snr and blw with their statements
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Hey dave that looks like a good setup with the ironbay regulator,did you tune as normal and then fit it?
I have an fa220 inverted in a 74" percival mew gull that is yet to fly.The 24oz fuel tank is about an inch high so will be fitting a cline regulator,also hoping that the cline will not restrict fuel flow as they don't hesitate to throw a prop when that happens as you know.
Acdii how about donating your fa1.00 for some target practice down under??
A quick look at gun ownership figures here will sink your maths popey,lots of us grew up hunting and fishing,in fact you can shoot fish if your keen enough..ask me how
I have an fa220 inverted in a 74" percival mew gull that is yet to fly.The 24oz fuel tank is about an inch high so will be fitting a cline regulator,also hoping that the cline will not restrict fuel flow as they don't hesitate to throw a prop when that happens as you know.
Acdii how about donating your fa1.00 for some target practice down under??
A quick look at gun ownership figures here will sink your maths popey,lots of us grew up hunting and fishing,in fact you can shoot fish if your keen enough..ask me how
Heck, when I lived in Arizona, I remember getting off the school bus, running home, grabbing my rifle or shotgun and heading out to a large open desert area and going rabbit or dove hunting many years ago. The last time I went back to see relatives in Arizona, I drove by where I used to live and it is all totally developed now, the desert is all gone. Of course that was many years ago now.
I need to put my ol'Saito .80 on something again soon. it is itching to go flying some more.
I need to put my ol'Saito .80 on something again soon. it is itching to go flying some more.
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We, uh, got a little too far off the path and I made the decision to delete a few posts before someone else made that decision for me. I have to say this is a first for me. I deleted 2 of my own posts as well. It may not seem fair sometimes to have a moderator delete something you wrote but deleting my own contributions to the chatter seemed the only fair way to do it.
Personally, I enjoy just about everything that gets talked about in the Club Saito thread and admit that I am a big offender when someone complains about being off topic. Just so everyone knows that I'm not trying to say anybody did anything wrong, but this was a point where it seemed very prudent to pick a neutral point in the talk and keep it more in line with, uh, there was guns, and fishing with guns, and then gun rules, then the Constitution.......maybe cutting off cheeks was a good place to derail the side tracking.......
Anyway, sorry if this has offended anybody. I tried to spread it out including my own posts. I'm all for picking back up where the fun left off......
edit to add: I gotta admit the fishing with a gun was my favorite!
Personally, I enjoy just about everything that gets talked about in the Club Saito thread and admit that I am a big offender when someone complains about being off topic. Just so everyone knows that I'm not trying to say anybody did anything wrong, but this was a point where it seemed very prudent to pick a neutral point in the talk and keep it more in line with, uh, there was guns, and fishing with guns, and then gun rules, then the Constitution.......maybe cutting off cheeks was a good place to derail the side tracking.......
Anyway, sorry if this has offended anybody. I tried to spread it out including my own posts. I'm all for picking back up where the fun left off......
edit to add: I gotta admit the fishing with a gun was my favorite!
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Nah you were just gunning for a reason to do it, thats all. It was a bit off topic, shoot, don't even recall how it got fired off here anyways. Any way thanks for killing some of my time.
And yes I am a punny person.
And yes I am a punny person.
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Barry, I got a shipment of BOLLY props from Dar today, a 9.5x6 and a 10.5x6 for the Saito .30, an 11.5x6 for the old FA .40, a 13.5x6 for the Saito .80 and .62 and a 13.5.x8 for the Saito?. I'll post numbers here when I get them, I can't fly until about the middle of September, I need my right eye lens replaced. Not trusting of a fuzzy plane look.
I tried to find a picture of the cowl cheek thing but my picture software crashed a few years ago. I found a lot of them by searching RCU and other sites.
Early on I set the right cowl cheek up to be removable so I could install a Saito TS .90 by sliding the left cylinder through a cutout in the left cowl cheek then the right cowl cheek was screwed on with screws going into a basswood block. When I installed the .90 Saito triple, I just cut the cheeks off completely.
I tried to find a picture of the cowl cheek thing but my picture software crashed a few years ago. I found a lot of them by searching RCU and other sites.
Early on I set the right cowl cheek up to be removable so I could install a Saito TS .90 by sliding the left cylinder through a cutout in the left cowl cheek then the right cowl cheek was screwed on with screws going into a basswood block. When I installed the .90 Saito triple, I just cut the cheeks off completely.
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Understood barry and there's an upside to everything..it removed popey's anti gun diatribe
Dave back on to saito's...i'll ask you again.Did you tune the fa220 as per normal and then fit the ironbay regulator?
ps yes acdii you are a punny person
Dave back on to saito's...i'll ask you again.Did you tune the fa220 as per normal and then fit the ironbay regulator?
ps yes acdii you are a punny person
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Hobbsy, were those Bolly props the carbob fibre (black) ones or the baby poo yellow clubman series. If the carbon fibre, I use the 13.5x6 on my duration model powered by a YS 63 are they are very good, make sure you balance them well though and check for voids (there has been an odd report or 2 about this (carbon fibre) though I have neve experienced it myself.
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On the cold air induction thing, I picked up a tip from Roger Penske in my younger days. He put a container a round the intake of the V8's in his Transam care that was filled with dry ice every time he raced in hot localities. Supposedly improved fuel consumption and gave them a bit of a power boost. Food for thought. I have not though others have experienced icing up of Saito carbies. Texaco events (slow running engines) in southern climes had this problem a lot, us banana benders used to use tin foil to defect hot air from engine to around the carby. I used to use the exhaust pressure line directed onto the carby fixed the problem
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Dave, be sure and pass my "howdy" on to ol' Dar. I have a few Clubman Bollies that he sent me a few years back. The 10.5" was a bust on the Evolution I tried it on. I still have a 11.5x7 and a 12.5x something to try out.
FNQFlyer, W8YE told me a lot about intake icing and/or condensation. I think he went through it years ago. Also, he knew someone who had good luck with using a wrap to keep the intake manifold warmer. He may jump here in with all his wisdom.
About deleting comments- I'm chaffing at having my 2 cents getting the ax too. I did come up with a witty and poignant comment, but it didn't escape censorship. Trust me, The Pope got put in his place.
Dave, the Flying King is a tough old tank. We had one at the field that survived beating after beating, and kept on flying. I was impressed. You can go back and redo cheeks, or anything else and make it look good. A Saito 80 pulls those around pretty good too.
FNQFlyer, W8YE told me a lot about intake icing and/or condensation. I think he went through it years ago. Also, he knew someone who had good luck with using a wrap to keep the intake manifold warmer. He may jump here in with all his wisdom.
About deleting comments- I'm chaffing at having my 2 cents getting the ax too. I did come up with a witty and poignant comment, but it didn't escape censorship. Trust me, The Pope got put in his place.
Dave, the Flying King is a tough old tank. We had one at the field that survived beating after beating, and kept on flying. I was impressed. You can go back and redo cheeks, or anything else and make it look good. A Saito 80 pulls those around pretty good too.
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Dave, be sure and pass my "howdy" on to ol' Dar. I have a few Clubman Bollies that he sent me a few years back. The 10.5" was a bust on the Evolution I tried it on. I still have a 11.5x7 and a 12.5x something to try out.
FNQFlyer, W8YE told me a lot about intake icing and/or condensation. I think he went through it years ago. Also, he knew someone who had good luck with using a wrap to keep the intake manifold warmer. He may jump here in with all his wisdom.
About deleting comments- I'm chaffing at having my 2 cents getting the ax too. I did come up with a witty and poignant comment, but it didn't escape censorship. Trust me, The Pope got put in his place.
Dave, the Flying King is a tough old tank. We had one at the field that survived beating after beating, and kept on flying. I was impressed. You can go back and redo cheeks, or anything else and make it look good. A Saito 80 pulls those around pretty good too.
FNQFlyer, W8YE told me a lot about intake icing and/or condensation. I think he went through it years ago. Also, he knew someone who had good luck with using a wrap to keep the intake manifold warmer. He may jump here in with all his wisdom.
About deleting comments- I'm chaffing at having my 2 cents getting the ax too. I did come up with a witty and poignant comment, but it didn't escape censorship. Trust me, The Pope got put in his place.
Dave, the Flying King is a tough old tank. We had one at the field that survived beating after beating, and kept on flying. I was impressed. You can go back and redo cheeks, or anything else and make it look good. A Saito 80 pulls those around pretty good too.
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